I have a GRUB2 menu item which looks for a particular hard drive by UUID. If the drive is present, GRUB2 boots into one operating system (Windows). If the drive is not present, GRUB2 boots into another instead (Ubuntu). I check to see if the drive is attached with "search --fs-uuid --no-floppy --set=foo $foo_uuid". This all works correctly.

The problem I encounter is that if search is unable to find the drive in question, it requires me to press a key to continue. This is not a desired effect - I make this check specifically so I will not have to provide further input.

Is there a way to bypass the "press any key to continue..." statement? Is there a different way to determine the presence of the drive that will not require keyboard input upon failure?

My goal here is to have a hardware switch to designate the OS to boot into so I don't accidentally miss the GRUB menu and therefore need to reboot. The switch connects or disconnects a flash drive from the computer. The hardware switch works; the script mostly works; the only hangup is the requirement to press a key to continue the boot.

My 40_custom file:

Code:
menuentry "auto" {
	  set foo_uuid=2CAD-0AA8
	  set foo=empty

	  insmod part_gpt
#	  insmod vfat
	  insmod search_fs_uuid

	  search --fs-uuid --no-floppy --set=foo $foo_uuid

	  if [ $foo = "empty" ]; then
	        #boot linux
  	        recordfail
                gfxmode $linux_gfx_mode
                insmod gzio
                insmod part_msdos
                insmod ext2
                set root='(hd3,msdos4)'
                search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root bc1ba5fa-971c-4a94-b808-0b28855647af
                linux   /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-26-generic root=UUID=bc1ba5fa-971c-4a94-b808-0b28855647af ro   quiet splash $vt_handoff
                initrd  /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-26-generic
	  else
		#boot windows
		insmod part_msdos
		insmod ntfs
        	set root='(hd3,msdos1)'
       		search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root CA3C07483C072F4F
       		chainloader +1

	  fi		
}
Thanks,
Kernal